rob
/rɑb/ v [T] (-bb-)Definition
› to take money or property from a person or place illegally: Two men robbed the store last night. › If someone is robbed of a quality, that quality is taken away: Elderly people should not be robbed of their dignity.
(Definition of rob v from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary
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